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The <?2» Chapter. 
Of certaine memorable thinges palled in 
India during my rcfidence there. 
$ the month of |2Decem# 
her. Anno, 1 f 8 3 ♦ tljeire 
ariueo In the toSnnc anD 
BJfianD Of Ormus foUCC 
Cnglilfame, tnfaicb came 
from Aleppo mthecou- 
tricofSuria, hairing tap* 
JeD out of CnglanD, anD palTeD though 
the Craightes Of Gibraltar, to Tripoli a 
teSnneanDl^auen, Iplngon tfacfeacoaftof 
Suria, inhere all the tfalppes Difcfaarge their 
lnares,anD marcfaanDifes, anD frome thence 
are catpeD bp lanD bnto Alleppo, Snbicb 
is npne Dapes tournep. 3ln Aleppo there 
are reODent Dluers marchantsanb jfactoss 
of all Rations, as atalians, ifrenebemen, 
Cngltffame, 0rmenlans,'2nurke0,f $ojes> 
ruerte man baulng his Uellglon apart, pap# 
jfttg tribute unto the great 2Curhe. 31« that 
fotune there is great trafficked: that from 
thence, euerie peare tinpfe, there tranelleth 
ttoo Caffylen,that is, companies of people 
anDCamelles, tufaicb trauell bnto India, 
Perfia, Arabia, ano all the countries bo?Der# 
ing on the fame,ano Deale In all fojts of mar# 
chanDife,bothto anD from tbofc Countries, 
as 3 In an other place bane alreaDle De- 
clareD.2Ch?ee of the fata Cnglilfameit afoje* 
SalDe toere fent bp the Companle of Cm 
glilfamen, that are refiDent In Aleppo,to fe 
if in Ormus thep might heepe anp Jfactojs, 
anD fotrafficke inthat place, like as alfo the 
Italians Doe, that Is to fap, the tmenetl# 
ans, tuhlch In Ormus, Goa anD Malacca 
lauc their jfactojs, anD trafficke there, as 
Snell fo: (tones anD pcarles, as fo: other 
Snares anD fplces of thofe countries, inbiefa 
from thence arecarpcD ouerlanDlnto Ve¬ 
nice. £)ne of tbefeCnglllfamen bao heene 
once before in the falD toinne of Ormus, 
anD there haD taken gooD infojmaflon of 
thetraDe, anD Upon his aDulfe anD aDuer# 
tifement,the other Snereas then* come the# 
tber iuith him, bnnglng great If o:e of mar* 
ihanDifes Snitb them, as Clothes, Saffron, 
all kinoes of Drinking glafles, anD IkaberDa# 
ifaers Snares, as leaking glaflcs, knlnes,anD 
fuch like If uffe,anD to concluDe,b?onght Snlth 
them all kinDe of fmall Snares that map be 
DeulfeD.0nD although thofe Snares amounteD 
tmto great fummes ofmonep, notfnitbttaD* 
ing it teas but onlle a f&aDoSn 0 ? colour. 
The l booke. 
therebp to glue no occafion to be rnlfrru? 
IfeD, o? fen into: foj that their p?lnclpall 
Intent Snas to bup great quantities ofp?e# 
cions Atones, as HDiamanfrs, pearles, 
mub(es,fc. to the snhlcheitDe thep brought 
Snlth them a great fumnte of monep anD 
Colo, anD that fcerte fecretlp, not to he 
DecepueD 0 ? robbcD thereof^: to runne into 
ante Danger fo:the fame. 'Chcp facing thus 
arpueD in Ormus, fap:eo a^?hop, anD be# 
ganto fell their Snares: Snbicb the 3Itali- 
ans percepuing, lahofe jfactois continue 
there (as 3 fapD befoje) anD fearing that 
thofe Cngltffamen, finsing gooD bent fo: 
their commoDities (n that place SnolD be 
refibent therein , anD fo Dapke increafe, 
Snbicfa SnoulDbc no fmall lode anD fatnoe# 
ranee tmto them ,did p:efentlplnuent all the 
fnbtile meanes thep coulD, tofainDer them; 
anD to that enD thep Snent Onto the Cap* 
taine of Ormus, as then calleo DonGon* 
falo de Menefes , telling him that there , 
luere certaine Cngllffamcn come into Or* 
mus,tfaat Snefe fent onlp to fpp the Counlrp, 
anDfalD furtfaer,tfaat thep Sncre ^erctickes; 
anD therefore thep fapD it Snas conuenicnf 
tfaeplfanlDnotbefuffereD fo to Depart,Snitfa# 
out basing eramineD, anD punilfacD as cnl# 
mies,totfae erample of others. Che Cap# 
taine being a frtenD bntotfae Cngllffamen, 
bp reafon that one of them Snhlch haD 
bene there before, haD gluen him certaine 
Patents, SnoulD not be perfSnaDeDtofrou# 
ble them, but IfatppeD them Snith all their 
Snares In a £>bfppe that lnas to faple fo: 
Goa, anD fent them to the milrcrop, that 
he might eramlne anD trpe them, as face 
thought gooD: fnfaere Snhen thep Sncre a# 
rpueD,thep inere calf into p:ifon, ano firffi 
eramineD Snfaethcrthep Sncre groD Cbjtftl# 
ans o? no-anD bccaufe thep coulD fpeake but 
baD po:tugalc,onlie tSno of them fpakegooD 
BDutefae, as hauing bene certaine peaces in 
the lotec Countries, anD there traffiqueD. 
'Cfaere Snas a SOutcb 3Iefuite bomejin the 
toinne Of £rigges m Flaunders,tfaat haD bln 
refiDentinthcJnDles fojtbefpace of tfairtp 
peaces, fent tmto tfaem,t 0 tmDcrmlne anD er# 
amine them: inheretn thep bcfaaacD them# 
felues fo Sncl .that tfaeptsere faolDen % cCfemD 
fojgcoDanDCathollck Uomiffa Ch?ilfians: 
petlllll fufpecteD, hccaufethep Snerelfran# 
gerSjfpcclallp CngIllhmen.SDhe3efuttes frll 
tolD them that thep ffairiD he fcntpjifoncrs in# 
to Portingal,Snllhlng them to leaue»off their 
traDe of marefaanDife $ to become 3Iefultes, 
p*omlfing them therebp to DefenD them from 
all trouble: the caufelnbp thep falD fo, anD 
perfSnaDcD them in that earneft maner Snas* 
tv) that tl;e ^)ufch 3efutte haD fecretlle bene 
aDuer# 
